Time-stamp



L. LaMELIND.

TIME STAMP.

APPLICATION FILED` AuG.5. 1918.

Patented 0t.'19,1920.

UNITED STATtS lAlTN'l OFFICE.

TIME-smania.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1920.

Application filed August 5, 1918. Serial No. 248,275.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Louis J. MELIND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Time-Stamps, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and eXact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification. f

My invention relates to improvements in rubber stamps and has special reference to recording time stamps.

By meansA of my invention I provide' a time recorder which is of the simplest possible nature, the essential parts being a stamping dial and indicator capable of being set by hand to indicate any particular time or hour, and associated therewith a changeable date stamp for recording the day and the month. Y

These essential features are associated together ina small, light, cheaply constructed y and durable hand stamp and one which can be manufactured at a low cost.

The stamp in which I have embodied my invention is particularly adapted for oiiice use tor recording on letters, legal papers and any other articles, their time of receipt, etc.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference` to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecilication,

, and in which I have illustrated a preferred v the parts having been removed;

F ig. 5 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the plate which carries the several stamps; and

Fig. 7 is a vertical section ofthe'stamp plate on the yline 7 7 of Fig. 6, i

In the termin which I prefer to embody my invention, I provide a hollow boXlike rto receive this reduced end.

rectangular casing 10, having sides 11 and a top 12 and open at its bottom for the reception of the stamping mechanism.

vWithin this box I provide an annular shoulder 13 raised above the lower edge of 'he casing. The shoulder is formed by the adges ot two U-shaped sheet metal `filler nembers 14 which together form a lining extending around the inner periphery of the casing and formed to it snugly therein.

Upon this peripheral shoulder I mount a stamp plate 15, this plate lits nicely within the casing 10 and rests at its periphery upon the shoulder 13. I secure the plate in position by two screws 16 at the middle portion ofthe plate providing posts 1'7 secured in the top of the casing and equal in height to the height of the shoulder 1 3 and adapted to' receive the screws.

I arrange the shoulder 1'3 at a suitable distance above the loweredge of the casing to provide a rim 1S of a suitable depth to contain a rubber stamping pad 19. I arrange a small circular pad 2O at the center of the plate l5 providing a shallow metallic cup 21 for carrying same. The cup is mounted for rotation on the plate 15 by a `central rivet-like stud 22 upon the upper end of which and above the plate 15, I provide a small bevel gear 23. This pad 20 rotates with the cup in which it is mounted, and I provide an indicator arrow 24: on its face, as best shown in Fig. 1, to stamp an arrow on the article upon which the stamp is used. Upon the impression surface of the pad 19 I provide a circular dial 25 surroundying the circular pad 20 and arranged to incasing. One end 28 of this shaft is reduced 1 as bestshownin Fig. 4, and I provide a hole in the wall of the casing and the filler 14 4 The opposite end of the shaft entends through the opposite wall of the casing and I provide a finger knob 29 knurled on its outer periphery for turning the shaft. I provide a small bevel gear 30 on the shaft 27 adapted to mesh with the similar gear 23 on the pad cup 21 to turn the cup, and consequently the central pad 20 with its indicating arrow 24 will be rotated when the shaft 27 is rotated.

For the purpose of conveniently setting the indicator to any particular position, I provide a duplicate of a dial 25 upon the outer surface of the casing at 31 surround ing theshaft 27, except that this dial 31 is not reversed as is the stamping, dial 25, and I provide an indicator finger 32 forming part of the finger knob 29 and fixed to the shaft 27. I arrange the two indicators 31 and' 24 and their respective dials to accurately register with each other'.y

Between the central indicator pad and the forward side of the casing I provide a fixed elongated boxlike member 33 to receive and hold rubber type members 33 for indicating the day of the month. These type members fit snugly within the boxlike member 33 and can be readily changed from day to day in a well known manner. In order to secure the member 33 in place without providing any, obstruction upon the lower face of the plate 15 outside the area of the member 33, I slot the plate to receive the member 33, and I provide its bottom with end lianges 34 which I rivet to the top side of the plato 15, as best shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The pad 19 fills all the space within the casing not occupied by the central pad and the date pad and can obviously carry such printed matter, as instructions for use or adverta ing matter, as may be desired.

In order that the user shall be sure to properly impress the stamp and thus obtain an even impression over the whole area thereof, I provide a iiexible handle so that even if the pad be held at a slight angle to the impression surface, the force used to cause or imprint the impression will cause the stamp to automatically adjust itself evenly upon the impression surface,

This handle consists of a rubber stem 35 secured to the casing by a screw 36, the head of the screw being welded or otherwise rigidly secured in the top plate of the casing. To prevent the screw splitting the rubber stem I provide a ferrule 37 surrounding the lower end thereof.

For convenience in grasping the rubber stem for use I provide an enlarged wooden ball-like handle 38 having a central opening 39 in its lower end to receive the rubber stem. Preferably I provide a metallic lining 4l() for the hole 39 which prevents the splitting of the wood handle and accurately lits the rubber stem. I preferably leave the rubber stem free to slide in the handle so as to give a cushioning effect to the impression stroke, as well as the sidewise yielding of the handle already described. T0 prevent the easy removal of the rubber stem from the tube I preferably provide the rtube with an integral bottom 41 so that considerable suction will be developed when it is attempted to remove the wooden handle from the stamp.

To-yieldingly. retain the shaft 27 with the indicating arrow at its adjusted position, I provide a spring bridge 41 arranged within the casing 10 above the shaft and adjacent to the front wall of the casing. form the bridge with a V-shaped notch L12 at the middle portion to receive the shaft 27 and I bend the ends L13 on inclines, providing the extreme ends with iiat foot portions. ifi for contact with the top of the box. rIhe height of the bridge is such that it can be sprung between the shaft and the top of the box and when so positioned will engage the shaft with suiiicient friction to prevent any but intentional rotationV of the shaft, and` will not prevent the shaft being easily turned by means of the finger knob 29.

It isvobvious that having developed the preferred form of my. invention, many other embodiments will readily suggest themselves to one skilled in the art, andI therefore do not confine or limit my invention to the specific structures herein shown and described.

I claim:

1. In a device of the kind described, a casing, a rotatable indicating stamp, a dial stamp surrounding the indicating stamp, a shaft projected through the casing and geared to the rotatable stamp for rotating the same, a similar dial on the outer sur- I face of the easing surrounding the shaft, and an indicator carried by the shaft, said two indicators being arranged to coincide in relation to their respective dials.

2. In a hand stamp the combination of a casing having an open side, a plate removably iixed within said casing parallel to said open side, a dial stamp mounted on said plate and between the peripheral walls of said casing, an indicating stamp rotatably mounted on said plate, a shaft mounted in said casingl for adjusting said indicating stamp, and separable gearing between said shaft and indicating stamp.

3. In a device of the kind described, a rotatable indicating stamp, a rotatable shaft for rotating the stamp, a casing in which the apparatus is inclosed, a spring bridge member yieldingly engaged between the shaft and the casing for frictionally preventing the free rotation of said shaft.

1. In a device of the character described, a metallic casing having sides and a top and an open bottom, filler liners in the casing providing a shoulder raised above the open bottom, a pad plate. mounted on said filler, a rotatable cup carried by said plate, for rotating the cup, a dial on the outside and adapted to contain an indicating stamp, of the casing surrounding the shaft, and an the cup mounted on a stem projecting indicator carried by the shaft for visually 10 through the plate, a bevel pinion on the showing the position of the cup.

upper end of the stem, a shaft rotatably In Witness Where-of I hereunto subscribe mounted in the casing, a bevel pinion on the my name this 30th day of July A. D. 1917. shaft meshing With the first bevel pinion LOUIS J. MELIND. 

